OMG so busy.. Catchup time

Hehe, listen to me... Making it sound like I do this blog thing regularly and now all of a sudden I've missed my regular posting.

So lately, I've been so busy with work that everything else has gone by the wayside. I have a bunch of stuff to put up and now that I'm in a brief lull in the project I'm working on at work maybe I can start actually write stuff. Here is the first of the catchup.



September 28th, 2006

The weak man’s combo!


I’ve been called out!!

It’s the equivalent of being told to meet at the back of the school. Drop the gloves its fight night!! So I’m all riled up! If that E-Dzee guy thinks he can get under my skin then he’s right. And I’m totally not going to admit it (nor give him the url to this blog).

Some back story.

I have a very quick formula which describes the situation.

High stress all encompassing IT job +
new born baby +
no exercise +
still drinking beer
= a BMI (body mass index) that is hovering just below obese.

Taken from Msn.com diet and fitness section:

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/bmicalculator.aspx

Your BMI is 29.2
What does it all mean?

BMIWeight Status
Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5 - 24.9 Normal
25.0 - 29.9 Overweight
30.0 and Above Obese
A BMI of less than 19 indicates you are underweight. A BMI between 20 and 24 is usually considered normal. A person with a BMI of 25 to 29 is considered overweight, and a person with a BMI of 30 or above is considered obese. Obesity is associated with an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other life-threatening diseases.

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I’ve never been overweight before. I’ve always played more sports than I should. I guess I should have noticed when I had to buy my 1’st pair of size 38 pants.

Anyways…
So the wife and I decided that we really needed to do something about this and buying bigger clothes was NOT the answer. Time to get back in shape!!! We decided to really look at it as more of a lifestyle change than a diet. A couple months ago off we went to get a family membership and the brand new YMCA that was build fairly close to our house. So.. first month after getting the membership passes and we haven’t gone even once! Ok.. we were.. ummm…. busy!? For the entire month.. with not even one hour to spare.. yeah.. that’s’s it!!! So after a brief trip to the mall to remind ourselves why we are doing this (sifting through XXL and clothing is an experience if you’ve never done it before. Two words: Limited Choices!), we stop at a store called the Running Room and get some new shoes for the gym. And it’s off to the YMCA we go!

The happenings of that first attempt at exercise were pure comedy. Anyone who hasn’t seriously exercised for a prolonged period will completely understand what I’m about the talk about here. (and I’m talking real prolonged here, not prolonged that you gym rat heads who complain after missing 1 week – prolonged measured in years thanks!) I feel fortunate that I’m not the Al Bundy type from that old sitcom Married with Children who continually relived past athletic glory. I thought going in that I had fairly decent expectations. Of course, I was so very wrong. And the worst, some hellish exercise that my wife knows involving one of those exercise balls. Damn exercise ball from Hell!

So lets get this started: Starting weight as of September 28th, 2006: 228 lbs


Update: October 16th, 2006
So far so good. I still hate the exercise ball. At this point whenever I see it I say something that comes out similar to the way Jerry Seinfeld says “Newman”. Who knew that I’d actually LIKE the gym so much. Last time I spent anytime at a gym was in university and back then I liked everything so I’m not sure it counts.
So far I’m keeping on track….

Friday October 13th, 2006 weigh in: 215 lbs

I’ll keep you posted…. Damn exercise ball from hell!